Chengdu vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$240	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	94	98
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 66% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7421st and 2270th ($623 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th and 1st in China and Austria, respectively. Check China vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1890th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Vienna

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	Chengdu	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$18199

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987